First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA
- Submitting institution
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Queen Mary University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 9 - Physics
- Output identifier
- 267
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.151803
- Title of journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Article number
- ARTN 151803
- First page
- 151803
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 15
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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99
- Research group(s)
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C - PPRC
- Citation count
- 61
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
- Between 2017 and 2019 I led the 30-people strong NOvA Beam Simulation and Data Group. We used recent hadron production data to provide the most stringent constraints to the neutrino flux, and I produced a series of detailed alternate neutrino beamline geometry samples to assess the systematic uncertainties associated with it. Predicting the neutrino flux with the maximum precision is fundamental when measuring neutrino oscillations. Additionally, I developed an event-by-event framework which allowed an unbinned likelihood fit to be used for the neutrino oscillation parameters extraction; this ensured that the maximum sensitivity of the experiment was exploited.
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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